- Title
- A survey of early-career researchers in Australia
- Creator
- Christian, Katherine; Johnstone, Carolyn; Larkins, Jo-ann; Wright, Wendy; Doran, Michael
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/175466
- Identifier
- vital:14993
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.7554/ELIFE.60613
- Identifier
- ISBN:2050-084X
- Abstract
- Early-career researchers (ECRs) make up a large portion of the academic workforce and their experiences often reflect the wider culture of the research system. Here we surveyed 658 ECRs working in Australia to better understand the needs and challenges faced by this community. Although most respondents indicated a ‘love of science’, many also expressed an intention to leave their research position. The responses highlight how job insecurity, workplace culture, mentorship and ‘questionable research practices’ are impacting the job satisfaction of ECRs and potentially compromising science in Australia. We also make recommendations for addressing some of these concerns. © Christian et al.
- Publisher
- eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
- Relation
- eLife Vol. 10, no. (2021), p. 1-19
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights
- This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- Adult; Career; Controlled study; Female; Human; Human experiment; Job satisfaction; Mentor; Workplace; Job security
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- Funding details: National Health and Medical Research Council, NHMRC, APP1130013 Katherine Christian is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Fee-Offset Scholarship through Federation University Australia. MRD is supported by a NHMRC Fellowship (APP1130013). The Translational Research Institute is supported by Therapeutic Innovation Australia (TIA). The Australian Government supports TIA through the National Col-laborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) program
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